Step 1: Disassembling the ps2.

Turn the playstation upside down and unscrew the screws. *NOTE* This will void your warranty.

Okay. Now you have it disassembled. . . Do not touch the power ribbon.

Step 2: Modding the hardware

To mod the inside, take a look at the picture. You will see a small cap like piece in the very top right where the red square is.

Layer 2 or 3 pieces of duct tape around this so the cap is not visible. You can also use scotch or masking tape, but duct is recommended.

Once you taped it up, you can put your playstation 2 back together.

Step 3: Last step of modding

This is the last step! Woohoo. Once you put your console back together, open the flip top. Look at letter A in this picture. Don't worry about C or B. There is a small hole in letter A, which is where the flip top closes at.

Take a 1-2cm or so of toilet paper or any tissue and roll it up a little ball, and stick it in the little hole. Open and close it a couple times to get it to stick in there.

Boot up your swap discs and start playing backups! I have been doing this method for months.

please help me why do we need to mod our ps2?????????????? please help meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

my son did some thing to mod my ps2 but this looks different when u do this is it glitch like the drink straw and tissue method is what he did and the swap disk he puts in but is very loud and hard to get it to work im afraid it will rune my ps2 will this work with out problems

my son did some thing to mod my ps2 but this looks different when u do this is it glitch like the drink straw and tissue method is what he did and the swap disk he puts in but is very loud and hard to get it to work im afraid it will rune my ps2 will this work with out problems

It holds down the sensor that tells the game system it's closed. By taping it down, you manually tell it that it's closed. Then, you tape the toilet paper in to hold the other sensor down (or for a less permanent fix, use a pencil. The way you use backups is through correct timing of when to switch disks.

Hey, to use the burned copy of swapmagic like you are trying to do, you would need a modchip. the original swap disc is burned into an official ps2 disc, therefore the un "modchipped" ps2 will think it is an official game. so the answer is no, you need the original, purchased disc.

Thanks so much! I did this a little differently but I needed a guide to cover up the first sensor you covered. Instead I covered up sensors A and B while the ps2 was still apart, I found it much easier way because I could tape sensor B into closed position from the bottom. I did a quick test and sure enough, the disk spun with the door open!

Why do you need this step if u still need a swap disk after this? I just put a screw into the hole for the stopper and cardboard into the one for the lid and it plays burnt games if i load with real one first. I thought this step would allow u to not need a swap disk but it doesn't sound like it

i found this out when the first psone came out. of course everyone knows you can do this with ps1 discs in the ps2 as well but here is from my old website http://cjp33.tripod.com/nodoc.doc its a guide to play burned psone games using an original disc and a burned disc. its pretty simple. anyone needs any help gettin this to work hit my email up thedarkotaku@hotmail.com